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• Early trial shows promise for one‑shot cure for HIV  July 14, 2026
  By Holly Alyssa MacCormick  A single infusion of a modified CAR-T cell therapy could pave the way for a potential one-shot cure for HIV, according to preliminary findings of a small, early-stage clinical trial. Steven G. Deeks, MD, the principal investigator of this California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)-funded clinical trial, discussed the findings at a recent CIRM board meeting.  Roughly 40 million people worldwide and more than 143,000 Californians have HIV. Currently, HIV is treated […]
• Genascence discusses gene therapy for knee osteoarthritis July 1, 2026
  Knee joint pain rarely gets counted among major public‑health burdens. Yet it affects more than 3 million Californians and 34 million people across the U.S., with both massive economic and health consequences. Costly Impact In California alone, the cost of knee replacement surgeries exceeds $8 billion annually, according to Thomas Chalberg, PhD, founder and CEO […]
• Funding Available to Create Software to Integrate Regenerative Medicine Data June 26, 2026
  Scientific breakthroughs are built on insights from good data, but sometimes those breakthroughs are hidden under an ocean of too much of it.   Integrating data Recently the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved a new kind of investment. A new infrastructure award aims to create tools to make sense of the massive, complex biological datasets produced through CIRM-funded research. The program would fund the creation of new […]